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Final Girls

Well then! It’s been far too long since I checked in, and for that I apologize. Funny thing about crazy weather: it leads to crazy illnesses. I have dodged the flu bullet so far (thanks flu shot!), but the pressure changes and unreliable temperature patterns have led to multiple headache days for yours truly. I’ve also been working my tail feathers off at the Day Job. The flu is practically an epidemic in my home state. Schools are closing, people are boldly venturing out in masks, and my pharmacy has been ultra busy. The latter is compounded by a coworker being out sick for the last week.

Plus, Mr. Price is getting ready to leave on an adventure of epic proportions (more on that another time), so we’ve been doing a lot of preparations for that trip. This has included descending into a nigh doomsday prepper level of food preservation. I have learned a great deal. For example, a huge can of green beans dries down to just enough to fit in a sandwich sized Ziploc bag. Also, there is definitely a difference between generic and name brand canned corn. I’m surprised.

I’m still well within my goal of one book per week in 2017. Some recent picks included Genevieve Cogman’s The Invisible Libraryand two novellas: Passing Strangeby Ellen Klages and Final Girlsby Mira Grant. The latter of these was obtained via Humble Bundle’s newest Fantastic Fiction bundle. It’s a fantastic deal and you should pick it up if you get a chance. It’s more than worth it. (PS: Look for reviews of the two novellas by yours truly on Speculative Chic sometime in March!)

As for The Invisible Library, I tore through it madly. It was supposed to be a placeholder until my copy of S. Jae-Jones’ Wintersong arrived. I expected to like it, but I didn’t expect to get a stay-up-too-late, read-obsessively sort of story. It was amazing. I immediately ordered the next two books in the series: The Masked City and The Burning Page. I did start reading Wintersong when it arrived, and I’m enjoying it, but the back of my brain is simply itching to get back to Cogman’s series. I’ll probably review Wintersong here, though, so keep an eye on this spot.